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Posted - 2014.01.05 03:49:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:I definitely agree with the notion of everyone getting one free "newb" respec at a certain point. And by everyone, I mean all the current players as well as the future players who have yet to play their first match. At some point after getting a certain number of skill points, give people the opportunity to correct their mistakes.
Why? Because the game already takes a ridiculously long time just to create a character that has enough unlocked to compete in say Planetary Conquest. Why make it even longer by forcing the new players to live with their early mistakes and essentially have to regain those skill points?
Perhaps some old vets would disagree, but through all the past resets and respecs I doubt there is a single one that has never made corrections or changed their plan of action.
To help out all the new players i have to say i like the idea of a respec for them, but in the spirit of Eve i have to say hell no.
So as a compromise i think perhaps this could work if they increase the the time spent in academy, and offered a respec at the completion.
The other side of that coin is... this is EXACTLY what militia gear is for. so you can test out different fits and weapons. But the new player experience can be brutal.
Example (in eve). i started back in 2005 (have been playing since) and i spent my first 2 months training learning skills and fitting skills. god was that boring, then i started training for mining barges because i thought that may be what i liked. Turns out PVP was my thing and my next 100m SP went into almost purely pvp skills. but before i made that choice, i had spent about 3 months training skills that i never really touched again. I felt like it was a monstrous waste of time, so much so that i ended up quitting for a couple months before coming back. it was months wasted on stuff i would never use again. But Eve doesnt give SP resets 
what im getting at with my story is, coming from eve im familiar with skill plans etc. players new to the eve universe may be turned off by this.
TL;DR To keep new player retention, increase time spent in academy and offer a respec upon completion. |